Coach Watson calling on young men to stop the violence against one other
VETERAN basketball coach Wayde Watson, who has served as a mentor and community builder, is calling on the young men to cease the violence against each other after watching a series of attacks over the past several months, especially in Bain and Grants Town.
Miller-Uibo is The Tribune’s Senior Female Athlete of Year
WHILE there was virtually no competition for our senior female athletes on the local scene, there were a series of events that took place on the international scene despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Sporting bodies look for some sense of normalcy in new year
THE year 2020 was an unpredictable year both locally and internationally with sports being halted since March 12 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Local sporting bodies are now eager to resume competition at the turn of 2021.
Ayton posts double double, Suns blow out Pelicans
PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Paul played OK. Devin Booker had one of his least productive games in recent memory. The Suns’ best two players didn’t really do much in an intriguing matchup between two of the league’s rising teams.
‘Buddy’ scores 12 to help Kings top Nuggets 125-115
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton scored eight of his 13 points in the fourth quarter as the Sacramento Kings pulled away to beat Denver 125- 115 on Tuesday, spoiling a record-setting night for Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic.
Don’t Blink Home Run Derby set for December 18
A new date has been set for the 2021 Don’t Blink Home Run Derby in Paradise.
Romad Dean The Tribune’s Junior Male Athlete of Year
ROMAD Dean’s finish to his debut season with the Crestwood Prep Lions in Ontario, Canada, saw his continued ascension in the prep basketball recruiting rankings to earn The Tribune’s 2020 Junior Male Athlete of the Year.
‘If the parents don’t stand behind them, they won’t grow as athletes’
Coach Corrington Maycock continues to see a sharp improvement from the competitors in his Blue Chips Throwers Club with at least eight of them attaining the qualifying standards for the 2020 CARIFTA Games that will be rescheduled for Bermuda over the Easter holiday weekend.
Lashann Higgs scores 19 points in loss
LASHANN Higgs and the Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM closed out 2020 with their 14th loss in the Professional Basketball League, just after they picked up their third victory right before Christmas day.
‘I was just really happy that I could come down here and give my support to these kids’
CHRISTMAS was a little extra special for the residents of the Bahamas Children’s Emergency Hostel, thanks to the commitment from tennis sensation Sydney Clarke.
Megan Moss The Tribune’s Junior Female Athlete of Year
IT was day one of the Ministry of Sports’ National High School Track and Field Championships on Thursday, March 12 at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium when all sporting activities were halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Basketball standout McKay Jr making an impression in USA
EVER since Gregory McKay Jr left the Bahamas to complete his high school education in 2016, the former Mt Carmel Cavaliers basketball standout has been making an impression in the United States of America.
Jim ‘Jungle’ Duncombe passes away at 77
SINCE the age of three in 1985, Jameica Duncombe said golf was all she knew, as her father, the late Jim “Jungle” Duncombe, introduced her to the sport and she went on to become the country’s top female player.
Candlelight service for tennis parents
As they reflect on the tragedy that affected the Johnson/ Dean family on Christmas Day, the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association hosted a candlelight service at the National Tennis Centre on Sunday.
‘Scooter’ dies on Boxing Day
MICHAEL ‘Scooter’ Reid, former high/long/ triple jumper turned basketball slam dunk champion and popular community activist, passed away on Boxing Day after spending the past eight weeks in the Princess Margaret Hospital battling cancer.
